Conventional Wisdom Watch

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| Sat Feb. 7, 2009 9:42 PM PST | Scheduled to publish Thu Feb. 5, 2009 9:52 AM PST

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WATCH....Wednesday's CW: The stimulus bill is doomed! We're all gonna die!

Thursday's CW: It'll pass by Friday, with a few modest changes. Happy days!

You could get whiplash from stuff like this. Hopefully today's CW is the right one.

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